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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sahat Basana Romanti Ezer Matondang, Bennadi Adiandrian, Komang Shary Karismaputri, Cicilia Marcella, Joedo Prihartono, Dicky Levenus Tahapary
Summary: This study aims to develop formulas based on waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) to predict visceral adipose tissue (VAT) area and determine the cut-off values for central obesity in Indonesian men. The study included 32 middle-aged Indonesian men and used abdominal CT scans to measure VAT area, and anthropometric measurements to assess WC and BMI. Strong positive correlations were found between WC and VAT, as well as BMI and VAT. The formulas predicted WC of 88.5 cm and BMI of 23.9 kg/m(2) as the optimal cut-off values for central obesity in middle-aged Indonesian men.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Farah J. Alsharif, Yara A. Almuhtadi
Summary: With the global prevalence of obesity increasing dramatically, it has become a serious public health threat associated with comorbid conditions and psychological disorders. While lifestyle interventions and dietary adjustments may help with weight loss, maintaining these changes long-term can be challenging. Spices like turmeric, ginger, and pepper have shown promise in obesity management, with curcumin in particular gaining interest for its health benefits. Studies have shown potential favorable effects of curcumin supplementation on anthropometric indices, warranting further investigation for overweight or obese adults.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Daniel Nyarko Hukportie, Fu-Rong Li, Rui Zhou, Jia-Zhen Zheng, Xiao-Xiang Wu, Xian-Bo Wu
Summary: The study used data from the ACCORD study to examine the association between various obesity indexes and incident DN risk in T2DM patients, finding that higher levels of both central and general obesity were associated with an increased risk of DN in women but not in men.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
V. P. Narayan, S. Y. Yoon
Summary: This study found little evidence to support the protective effect of caffeine or coffee consumption against obesity, contradicting previous observational studies. It also highlights the dangers of ignoring genetic testing and relying solely on observational studies restricted to specific populations when making dietary policy recommendations.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION HEALTH & AGING
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Khalid S. Alwadeai, Saad A. Alhammad
Summary: This study fills the research gap by evaluating the relationship between asthma, smoking, and anthropometric measurements among individuals residing in the United States. The results show that individuals with asthma alone and those who both have asthma and smoke are more likely to have higher scores on anthropometric measurements compared to other groups.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jirapitcha Boonpor, Solange Parra-Soto, Atefeh Talebi, Ziyi Zhou, Fernanda Carrasco-Marin, Fanny Petermann-Rocha, Paul Welsh, Jill P. Pell, Naveed Sattar, Jason M. R. Gill, Stuart R. Gray, Carlos Celis-Morales, Frederick K. Ho
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the associations between different anthropometric measures and incident type 2 diabetes, and compare their predictive performance. The results showed that all markers except height and hip index were positively associated with type 2 diabetes. Waist to height ratio (WHtR) had the strongest associations and predictive ability for type 2 diabetes. Compared to BMI, WHtR and anthropometric risk index had better discrimination for type 2 diabetes risk.
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Clinical Neurology
Xiaoxi Li, Yining Wang, Youyou Zhang, Yubo Ma, Faming Pan, Laura Laslett, Guoqi Cai
Summary: Back pain is a common musculoskeletal problem, and there is increasing evidence linking obesity to musculoskeletal pain. This study aims to evaluate the role of weight, BMI, and abdominal circumference in the risk of back pain over a 96-month period.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jawad H. Butt, Mark C. Petrie, Pardeep S. Jhund, Naveed Sattar, Akshay S. Desai, Lars Kober, Jean L. Rouleau, Karl Swedberg, Michael R. Zile, Scott D. Solomon, Milton Packer, John J. McMurray
Summary: This study found that newer anthropometric measures such as waist-to-height ratio, rather than body mass index (BMI), accurately predicted the risk of heart failure hospitalization and cardiovascular death in patients with heart failure. The study also showed a positive correlation between waist-to-height ratio and higher levels of obesity, as well as increased risk of heart failure hospitalization.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Zuolin Lu, Sven Geurts, Banafsheh Arshi, Martijn J. Tilly, Elif Aribas, Jeanine Roeters van Lennep, Natasja de Groot, Dimitris Rizopoulos, M. Arfan Ikram, Maryam Kavousi
Summary: This study assessed the sex-specific evolution of various anthropometric measures and their longitudinal association with new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF). The findings revealed that anthropometric measures were positively associated with an increased risk of AF for both men and women, with a stronger association observed in women with central obesity.
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Waruna L. Peiris, Flavia M. Cicuttini, Sultana Monira Hussain, Mahnuma M. Estee, Lorena Romero, Tom A. Ranger, Jessica L. Fairley, Emily C. McLean, Donna M. Urquhart
Summary: This systematic review found evidence of a relationship between body fat and its central distribution with low back and knee pain, as well as a longitudinal relationship between adiposity and back, knee and foot pain. These results highlight the potential for developing novel treatments at these sites.
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Environmental Sciences
Yi Hu, Guodong Ding, Cheng Lv, Qianlong Zhang, Yan Zhang, Tao Yuan, Junjie Ao, Yu Gao, Yankai Xia, Xiaodan Yu, Ying Tian
Summary: The study found that exposure to Triclosan (TCS) among 7-year-old children in northern China is positively associated with an increased risk of obesity, as indicated by BMI z-score and body fat percentage. Higher TCS levels are also linked to a higher risk of abdominal obesity.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kushan De Silva, Ryan T. Demmer, Daniel Jonsson, Aya Mousa, Helena Teede, Andrew Forbes, Joanne Enticott
Summary: Using body mass index (BMI) as a proxy, previous studies have found total causal effects of obesity on polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), but total and direct causal effects of central and general obesity on PCOS have not been comprehensively analyzed. The results demonstrate that both central and general obesity have total causal effects on PCOS.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Nandu Goswami, Irhad Trozic, Maren Valand Fredriksen, Per Morten Fredriksen
Summary: The research found that daily physical activity and a healthy diet have positive effects on increasing muscle and bone mass, as well as reducing weight and fat mass in Norwegian fourth graders. On the other hand, an unhealthy diet has negative impacts on weight and fat mass, but daily physical activity can counteract some of these effects.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Medicinal
Meysam Zarezadeh, Amir Hossein Faghfouri, Nima Radkhah, Elaheh Foroumandi, Masoud Khorshidi, Ahmadreza Rasouli, Mahtab Zarei, Niyaz Mohammadzadeh Honarvar, Nazanin Hazhir Karzar, Mehrangiz Ebrahimi Mamaghani
Summary: Spirulina supplementation has beneficial effects on weight and waist circumference, with no significant effect on body mass index. However, longer duration of supplementation showed improvement in body mass index.
PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Pediatrics
Zeinab Hemati, Mojtaba Keikha, Roya Riahi, Seyede Shahrbanoo Daniali, Masoumeh Goudarzi, Roya Kelishadi
Summary: This systematic review suggests that individuals born in cold season may have higher BMI and weight in childhood, and birth month may have an impact on weight and BMI in boys. However, there is no clear association between season/month of birth and birth weight. Further research should focus on identifying the impact of confounding factors such as vitamin D status in the pathway of this association.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lucas Calais-Ferreira, Marcos E. Barreto, Everton Mendonca, Gillian S. Dite, Martha Hickey, Paulo H. Ferreira, Katrina J. Scurrah, John L. Hopper
Summary: This study found that even after matching for gestational age and familial factors and controlling for birthweight and birth order, males still face a higher risk of infant death compared to females. The role of birthweight as a confounding variable can be partially explained by familial factors.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Anesthesiology
Juan J. Madrid-Valero, Alessandro Andreucci, Eduvigis Carrillo, Paulo H. Ferreira, Jose M. Martinez-Selva, Juan R. Ordonana
Summary: Chronic low back pain (LBP), neck pain (NP), and sleep quality (SQ) are influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. LBP and NP have shared genetic influences, while environmental factors show more specificity for each type of back pain.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Emma Ho, Manuela Ferreira, Lingxiao Chen, Milena Simic, Claire Ashton-James, Josielli Comachio, Jill Hayden, Paulo Ferreira, Daniel Xin Mo Wang, Paulo Henrique Ferreira
Summary: For patients with chronic low back pain, psychological interventions in combination with physiotherapy care are most effective. Pain education and behavioral therapy have the most sustainable treatment effects, but their long-term effectiveness remains uncertain.
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Karri Silventoinen, Maarit Piirtola, Aline Jelenkovic, Reijo Sund, Adam D. Tarnoki, David L. Tarnoki, Emanuela Medda, Lorenza Nistico, Virgilia Toccaceli, Chika Honda, Fujio Inui, Rie Tomizawa, Mikio Watanabe, Norio Sakai, Margaret Gatz, David A. Butler, Jooyeon Lee, Soo Ji Lee, Joohon Sung, Carol E. Franz, William S. Kremen, Michael J. Lyons, Catherine A. Derom, Robert F. Vlietinck, Ruth J. F. Loos, Per Tynelius, Finn Rasmussen, Nicholas G. Martin, Sarah E. Medland, Grant W. Montgomery, Ingunn Brandt, Thomas S. Nilsen, Jennifer R. Harris, Jessica Tyler, John L. Hopper, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Nancy L. Pedersen, Anna K. Dahl Aslan, Juan R. Ordonana, Juan F. Sanchez-Romera, Lucia Colodro-Conde, Esther Rebato, Dongfeng Zhang, Zengchang Pang, Qihua Tan, Judy L. Silberg, Hermine H. Maes, Dorret Boomsma, Thorkild I. A. Sorensen, Tellervo Korhonen, Jaakko Kaprio
Summary: This study tested the causality between education and smoking using discordant twin pairs. The results support the hypothesis that education has a causal effect on current smoking status and smoking cessation. Furthermore, genetic factors also contribute to these associations, as seen in the greater differences within dizygotic twin pairs who share only 50% of their segregating genes.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Juan J. Madrid-Valero, Juan F. Sanchez-Romera, Jose M. Martinez-Selva, Juan R. Ordonana
Summary: The genetic and environmental underpinnings of sleep quality have been extensively studied, but there is limited knowledge about the etiology and associations of different sleep quality dimensions. This study aimed to investigate the structure of sleep quality dimensions using a population-based twin sample. The findings suggest significant genetic overlap among most components of sleep quality, but there is also considerable specificity in the genetic-environmental structure of these dimensions.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Juan J. Madrid-Valero, Robert M. Kirkpatrick, Francisca Gonzalez-Javier, Alice M. Gregory, Juan R. Ordonana
Summary: There is a moderate genetic association between poor sleep quality and psychological distress, accounting for 44% of the association between these two variables. Significant genetic and non-shared environmental correlations were found, indicating a moderate overlap between genetic and environmental factors influencing both phenotypes. Sex did not significantly influence the genetic and environmental influences on these variables.
JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
James M. Puterflam, Julian J. Comis, Qianwen Lan, Chen Liu, Adam J. Lipschitz, Ronald R. Grunstein, Paulo H. Ferreira, Christopher J. Gordon
Summary: Opioid therapies improve sleep quality and reduce sleep disturbance in patients with chronic low back pain, but there is still a lack of research on objective sleep outcomes.
SLEEP MEDICINE REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Eduardo L. Caputo, Paulo H. Ferreira, Natan Feter, Igor R. Doring, Jayne S. Leite, Ricardo Alt, Julia Cassuriaga, Felipe F. Reichert, Airton J. Rombaldi, Marcelo C. da Silva
Summary: This study evaluated the short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on low back pain outcomes in southern Brazil. The results showed that although the prevalence of low back pain did not change significantly before and during the early months of the pandemic, the intensity of pain and the likelihood of activity limitation due to low back pain increased.
Review
Neurosciences
Javier Guerra-Armas, Mar Flores-Cortes, Consolacion Pineda-Galan, Alejandro Luque-Suarez, Roy La Touche
Summary: Chronic pain affects a significant portion of the world's population and immersive virtual reality has been suggested as a potential therapy. However, there is a lack of understanding regarding the mechanisms behind VR's impact on pain and its clinical effectiveness.
Article
Anesthesiology
Lucas Calais-Ferreira, Daniel Pozzobon, Marina B. Pinheiro, Fiona M. Blyth, Juan R. Ordonana, Glen E. Duncan, John L. Hopper, Paulo H. Ferreira, Manuela L. Ferreira
Summary: This study investigates sex differences in low back pain among opposite-sex twin pairs, taking into account familial factors.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN
(2023)
Article
Orthopedics
Michel G. C. A. M. Mertens, Mira Meeus, Olivier Verborgt, Enrique Lluch Girbes, Silvia Mena-Del Horno, Marta Aguilar-Rodriguez, Lirios Duenas, Santiago Navarro-Ledesma, Manuel Fernandez-Sanchez, Alejandro Luque-Suarez, Filip Struyf
Summary: Most variables in the clinical course of frozen shoulder showed early improvement, with shoulder level external rotation and internal rotation range of motion continuing to improve long term.
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
(2023)
Review
Neurosciences
Mar Flores-Cortes, Javier Guerra-Armas, Consolacion Pineda-Galan, Roy La Touche, Alejandro Luque-Suarez
Summary: This article discusses the role of immersive virtual reality in decision making in people with pain, specifically focusing on sensorimotor uncertainty. The study found that VR has the potential to alter sensorimotor uncertainty, but further research of higher methodological quality is needed to explore this topic.
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Kevin K. N. Ho, Milena Simic, Marina B. Pinheiro, Christopher B. Miller, Manuela L. Ferreira, Ronald R. Grunstein, John L. Hopper, Juan R. Ordonana, Paulo H. Ferreira
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of a digital CBT-i program in people with comorbid symptoms of insomnia and low back pain, in both twins and individuals from the general community. The results showed that online CBT-i was well-received by participants with positive feedback. However, improvement strategies are needed to enhance adherence, follow-up, control group credibility, and twin recruitment rates for future trials.
PILOT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Orthopedics
J. P. Eyles, M. L. Ferreira, N. Rankin, A. Salles, M. K. March, P. H. Ferreira, C. Sherrington, D. J. Hunter, J. L. Bowden
OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE
(2022)